Is my name in π?
Is Paul in π?
It is. Paul is waiting at decimal place 5,849.
Spelling Paul on a phone
- P7
- A2
- U8
- L5
Letter by letter, Paul becomes 7285 (4 digits).
The spot
7285
Decimal place 5,849. You'd read about 5,849 digits of π before you reached it.
Next door in π
- 211 digits back to stirrup
- 312 digits back to sketches
- Asia, 102 digits on
- Spain, 146 digits on
Nearest of all: Asia, just 102 digits to the right.
Fun facts
Your name, in digits, hiding in π like a secret signature.
π skipped past your spot 5,848 times before it finally wrote your name.
How early is Paul?
Number 219 of 2,007: Paul beats 89% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.
Names nearby in π
Same digits, different name: Raul and Saul, also 7285 on a phone.
Paul made our list from the US baby-name charts.
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Your number is in π.*
We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.